In one week, the Albanese Labor Government will deliver a major expansion of Paid Parental Leave, helping new parents spend more time at home with their newest family member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 1 July eligible families will be able to access up to 26 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, backed by the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to Labor\u2019s changes, families accessing the full entitlement will receive almost $30,000 across their Paid Parental Leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is more than double the entitlement available to families before Labor came to government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The changes that come into effect on 1 July mean: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the expansion of the Paid Parental Leave scheme began, parents of more than 460,000 children have already benefited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 1 July, 2.6 million Australians will also benefit when a range of social security payments, thresholds and limits increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a time when global uncertainty has placed pressure on households, these changes will deliver more money in the bank and help many cover the cost of essentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 1.2 million families with children will receive a boost to their Family Tax Benefit payment to help them with the cost of raising their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The maximum rate for Family Tax Benefit Part A will increase to $235.48 per fortnight for each child aged under 13, and to $306.46 per fortnight for each child aged 13 and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Family Tax Benefit Part B, the maximum rate will rise to $200.34 per fortnight for families with a youngest child under five, and to $139.86 per fortnight for families whose youngest child is aged five or older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Income and assets thresholds will increase for a range of recipients, including pensioners and Parenting Payment Single recipients. This means recipients will be able to have higher levels of income and assets before their payments are affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More information on new payment rates and thresholds<\/a> is available on the Department of Social Services website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe first months with a new baby are precious. My Government is making it easier for parents to spend that time together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re expanding Paid Parental Leave again from 1 July, giving parents more time at home with their newborn and more support when they need it most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was Labor that created Paid Parental Leave, and it\u2019s Labor that\u2019s continuing to strengthen it for Australian families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is good for business, good for families and good for our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese Government has consistently put Australian women at the heart of our priorities, and from July 1 they will be even better off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy expanding Paid Parental Leave we are making the scheme stronger, fairer and better suited to the way modern families share care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese changes give parents more time, more flexibility and more financial security, while helping make caring responsibilities more equal between women and men.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor\u2019s changes to Paid Parental Leave mean working parents get more time off and more money when they welcome a new arrival into their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was a Labor Government that introduced Paid Parental Leave in this country, and now it\u2019s the Albanese Labor Government expanding it to six months of leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor will keep delivering real change that helps Australian families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One week to go: Bundle of joy for new parents as paid parental leave expands to 6 months In one week, the Albanese Labor Government will deliver a major expansion of Paid Parental Leave, helping new parents spend more time at home with their newest family member. From 1 July eligible families will be able … Continue reading “Paid Parental Leave to expand to 6 months”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39623,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39622\/revisions\/39623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
the Minister for Social Services, Tanya Plibersek:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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